Press Room

Updated 10-01-2022

VOTER REGISTRATION

October 11th is the deadline to register to vote
Voters may request a ballot online and return it via USPS mail, contract carrier, or hand delivery
Currently, 1.2 M registered voters in Bexar County

VOTING CENTER GUIDELINES

51 early voting center sites
Election Day number of voting center sites (TBD)
Media must remain 100-ft. rule from any exterior door of all Voting Centers
Media must remain 100-ft. rule from any car in which a voter is casting their ballot
No electronics or phone selfies are permitted for voters or media, while inside the 100-ft. mark
Prohibited clothing includes anything referencing anything on the ballot—candidate or proposition

EARLY VOTING

MAIL-IN BALLOTS

The deadline to request an application for a mail-in ballot is October 28th
Registered voters must be 65 years of age or older by Election Day
Sick or Disabled (a sickness or physical condition that prevents you from appearing at the polling place on Election Day without a likelihood of needing personal assistance or of injuring your health)
Going to be out of the county during Early Voting and on Election Day
Confined in jail, but eligible to vote

HAND DELIVERING MAIL-IN VOTING PROCEDURE

Voters who hand-deliver mail-in ballots to elections must produce a driver’s license or photo ID.
The only location to return mail-in ballots by hand is Bexar County Elections Department at 1103 S. Frio, San Antonio, TX 78207 Only the voter himself or herself with a photo ID can return their own ballot.

MAIL-IN BALLOT VOTING PROCEDURE

A voter receives a ballot in a brown envelope
Contents: letter from SOS, list of write-in candidates, a letter about returning mail-in ballots by hand, a white secrecy envelope, and actual ballot.
Voter completes the ballot, places it in the white secrecy envelope, places it in a mailing envelope, includes their TDL or last 4 of the SSN, signs their name across the flap of the mailing envelope, and sends them into the elections office or brings them by hand. They must make sure their ID (DL# or SS#) number is under the flap. Voters may check the status of their ballot at bexar.org/elections

VOTING CENTER VOTER LINE GUIDELINES

Disabled individuals with problems standing may request to move to the front of the line
If the voter is not ambulatory, the elections department suggests bringing a friend who is
That friend can then inform the election judge a curbside voting machine is needed at their car.
Or they may call the number on the sign posted for the Election Department to alert the election staff that there is a curbside voter